Performance

Venue	Finborough
	Also: The Finborough
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	27th February 2018
To	24th March 2018
When	Tue-Sat 19:30. Sun Mat 15:00. Sat Mat 15:00 (from Mar 10)
Finborough (V199)
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Date of change: 23 Jan 18 - T235920575
Date of change: 27 Nov 17 - T235920575

Returning to Haifa

Work:: Returning to Haifa (S662393974)

A compelling story of two families - one Palestinian, one Israeli - forced by history into an intimacy they didn't choose. In 1948, Palestinian couple Said and Safiyya fled their home during the Nakba. Now, in the aftermath of the 1967 Six Day War, the borders are open for the first time in twenty years, and the couple dare to return back to their home in Haifa. They are prepared - of course - to find someone else living where they once did. Yet nothing could prepare Said and Safyya for the encounter they both desire and dread: the son they had to leave behind, and what he has now become... Coinciding with the 70th anniversaries of both the Nakba or "catastrophe" - the mass dispossession of the Palestinians in 1948 - and the foundation of the State of Israel, Returning to Haifa is a unique, deeply moving play of suspense and heartbreak, where humanity and vision combine with a frontline immediacy.

Author

Ghassan Kanafani

Production:: (T235920575)

The world premiere of the first English-language adaptation of the classic novella by Ghassan Kanafani, Returning to Haifa, adapted for the stage by Naomi Wallace and Ismail Khalidi.

Producer	Lynne McConway Productions (in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre)
Adapted by	Ismail Khalidi
Adapted by	Naomi Wallace
Director	Caitlin McLeod
Design	Rosie Elnile
Costume	Rosie Elnile
Lighting	Joshua Gadsby
Sound	David Gregory
Performer	Myriam Acharki (Safiyya)
Performer	Leila Ayad (Young Safiyya)
Performer	Ammar Haj Ahmad (Said)
Performer	Ethan Kai (Young Said)
Performer	Marlene Sidaway (Miriam)

Listing:: L0512746391

Production details

The world premiere of the first English-language adaptation of the classic novella by Ghassan Kanafani, Returning to Haifa, adapted for the stage by Naomi Wallace and Ismail Khalidi.

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